scoot
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Synonyms & Antonyms for scoot
Synonyms
barrel, belt, blast, blaze, blow, bolt, bomb [slang], bowl, breeze, bundle, bustle, buzz, cannonball, careen, career, chase, course, crack (on), dash, drive, fly, hare, hasten, hie, highball, hotfoot (it), hump, hurl, hurry, hurtle, hustle, jet, jump, motor, nip, pelt, race, ram, rip, rocket, run, rush, rustle, scurry, scuttle, shoot, speed, step, tear, travel, trot, whirl, whisk, zip, zoom
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After all, scooting through your next text message would ruin the scooter’s day. — Dp Opinion, The Denver Post, "Letters: Keep the Clean Power Plan; Don’t blame the scooter; America can do better on climate; Hall of Fame is run by louts (6/25/19)," 26 June 2019 Users are scooting along sidewalks and The 606 trail – two places where they are banned – as well as riding against street traffic. — Chicago Tribune Staff, chicagotribune.com, "Daywatch: Scooters popular, but safety rules aren’t, a gerrymandering win for Illinois Democrats and other things to know to start your day," 28 June 2019 And so Will Smith, fresh off his latest game-changing blast, reluctantly scooted up the dugout steps at Dodger Stadium. — Los Angeles Times, "Clayton Kershaw tops Sandy Koufax in strikeouts, Will Smith hits grand slam in Dodgers’ win," 1 Aug. 2019 First, a giant bear entered the matriarch's red Prius, followed by its cubs scooting in to explore the vehicle. — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, "You've Got to Watch This Hilarious Video of a Bear and Its Cub Trespassing a Family's Car in Gatlinburg," 10 July 2019 The ball scooted away, allowing Villar to go to second. — Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, "Orioles, Dylan Bundy top Blue Jays, 4-1, as Chris Davis drives in three," 6 July 2019 Now, though, those two worlds are merging, with a tiny, exceedingly simple robot modeled after larval jellyfish that can scoot around untethered like the real thing. — Matt Simon, WIRED, "This Jellyfish Robot Is Much More Than Just a Good Swimmer," 2 July 2019 In soft-edged illustrations, Sue Cornelison depicts one baby palooza after another: toddlers on yoga mats interacting with friendly animals; babies scooting on their bottoms and tottering around upright. — Meghan Cox Gurdon, WSJ, "Children’s Books: First Days and First Bites," 19 Apr. 2019 Except that Victor Robles routine grounder scooted right under Hampson’s glove and Dozier cruised home to give Washington a 1-0 lead. — Patrick Saunders, The Denver Post, "Rockies swept in doubleheader by Nationals, now 3-16 over last 19 games," 24 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'scoot.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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